Huerfano Bridge

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Huerfano Bridge
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Nearest city Boone, Colorado
Coordinates 38°13′32″N104°15′41″W / 38.22553°N 104.26142°W / 38.22553; -104.26142
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1921
EngineerRobert Dubois
Pueblo Bridge Co.
Architectural style Filled spandrel arch
MPS Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR
NRHP reference No. 85000226 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 4, 1985

The Huerfano Bridge, is a bridge in Pueblo County, Colorado near Boone, Colorado that brings U.S. Highway 50 over the Huerfano River. The bridge was completed in 1921 [2] after construction began in 1920. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

It is a five-span filled spandrel arch bridge designed by Colorado state staff engineer Richard Dubois and was built by the Pueblo Bridge Co. A previous bridge had been christened by the community in 1916. [4] It replaced a timber truss bridge that had deteriorated severely by 1920, with two spans having fallen from damage by woodpeckers. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Clayton Fraser; Carl Hallberg (February 8, 1984). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Huerfano Bridge / Bridge over Huerfano River / State survey no. PU19". National Park Service . Retrieved September 29, 2021. With accompanying photo from 1984
  3. "Highway Bridges in Colorado". History Colorado . Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  4. "Huerfano Bridge Opened". Walsenburg World. Vol. XXVIII, no. 24. June 15, 1916. Retrieved September 30, 2021.